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By *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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What very moving short clips of War Veterans on STV just now. Between the ITN and STV news normally.
Lovely brave old men remembering the wars.
God bless them.
Hope you get a chance to see them. |
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By *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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"sadly now tho its not just brave OLD men...but brave young ones too.. bless every one of them, that they may come home safe "
Very true mrs aa xx bless em all x |
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By *aucy3Couple
over a year ago
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archie who lives across the street from us.he was in the the comunications,during the second world war.when everyone else was being evacuated at dunkirk.they were sent back in.he was captured twice,and escaped.his parents were told,twice he was missing in action,presumed dead.a couple of years ago he was in hospital,it was touch and go.the nurses told us they have never seen,so many scars on anybodys body.but he's still a fighter.if it wasn't for people like archie,this would be a very different world.we should never forget,and should always be gratefull. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"_iew im going to go to the remeberance service in george square on the 11th the big one is on sunday.Ashamed to say went for the first time last year on the 11th Very moving "
The 'big one' in Glasgow is a week on Sunday, the 14th November 2010.
I share your commitment to the 11th November. My family have for many years chosen this over the Sunday event.
A couple of years ago, when the 11th fell after the second Sunday, Glasgow City Council had cordoned off the George Sq Cenotaph so a bunch of workies could erect the Christmas lights  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"archie who lives across the street from us.he was in the the comunications,during the second world war.when everyone else was being evacuated at dunkirk.they were sent back in.he was captured twice,and escaped.his parents were told,twice he was missing in action,presumed dead.a couple of years ago he was in hospital,it was touch and go.the nurses told us they have never seen,so many scars on anybodys body.but he's still a fighter.if it wasn't for people like archie,this would be a very different world.we should never forget,and should always be gratefull."
Sound like he was part of the 51st Highland Division (Seaforths, Gordons and Black Watch) who were 'left' on the beach at St Valery.
Their sacrifice made it possible for so many to escape at Dunkirk and for so many of the same lads to return a few years later as part of Overlord.
We owe them an incalculable debt. |
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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago
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The 51st were indeed sacrificed at St Valery, they were told to keep Rommels men at bay (fighting tanks with little more than rifles) and they would be picked up by ship which never happened
Rommel praised the bravery and fight in them, they surrendered when they had no ammo left. |
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By *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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The clip I saw last night was of a very dignified gentleman speaking about the psychological impact of seeing his comrades fall and the nightmares he has 70 years on.
was only a 3/4 minute clip but was very moving.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to sit for hours listening to my grandfather going on about Dunkirk and carrying half dead mates in and out of hospital tents. Sitting watching and waiting as boat after boat arrived and left.
He told me of the time he returned and how his regiment liberated a camp, although told not to take pics, the old bugger did. Some of these pics haunted me as a young man.
My dad told me of nights his mum would sit and cry as she heard he had been posted missing behind enemy lines, she had no idea what the fuck he was doing there, for those historians among you the name Lt Col David Stirling will give you an insight into what the old bugger was up to.
My dad later joined up and was a member of the SBS during the Suez Crisis, and the inevitable happened in 1977 when I myself joined the ranks. The day General Galtieri and his troops marched onto the Falkland Islands still freezes my blood.
Every year on November 11th I bow my head and give thanks to my grandad and his mates who stood.... and fell at Dunkirk. This is a private moment for me and I have never yet joined anyone at any parade, not since leaving the forces myself.
I am older, wiser and my _iews toward war and what it stands for have long changed since then.
"Bring the Boys Back Home" |
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By *eatherWoman
over a year ago
glasgow |
voyouer i remember that year well my pals had to stop me going into the city chambers and knocking the s..t out of the frst councillor i met. Iwould say to anyone in the c ity centre on the 11th go to george square and stand and pay your respects to the women and men in the armed forces past and present |
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I have my grandads 1st World War medals in an old battered cigarette tin with his dog tags and Seaforth cap badge.I have his name. Every now and again I look at them and am glad I never had to fight in a war.
I feel for those that do ... and wish them to come home safely.
My grandad came home .... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Few of us will ever visit the Falklands or Afghanistan... But I had the priviledge of visiting the Normandy beaches during a concert tour...
Humbling, absolutely humbling. We shall not forget. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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for many years i was in the boys brigade and attended a parade every year and had the honour of laying the wreath at the cenotaph on more than one occasion.
so every year at 11am on remebrance sunday no matter where i am I always stop to pay my respects to all the brave service personel past and present and always will. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Its Middleborough, for rememberance parade this year. Kits pressed,boots done,Gongs polished and remounted,beer money saved  .
Our regt make a different trip every rememberance weekend. Meeting the old fellas is something else and very entertaining.
"Pull up a sandbag and i'll tell you a story", great people  |
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By *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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The Royal British Legion's bid for the Remembrance Sunday No1 slot on November 14 is a poignant reminder of the two-minute silence first held on November 11, 1919, to mark the first anniversary of the end of the First World War, and traditionally observed every November 11 at 11am as well as on each Remembrance Sunday.
Tennis star Andy Murray, pictured, Prime Minister David Cameron, England rugby hero Martin Johnson and TV favourite Paul O'Grady are some of the celebrities filmed in silent contemplation for the video to the single, due out on November 7.
Proceeds go to the 2010 Poppy Appeal to help serving and former members of the Armed Forces.
google poppy appeal for the details to purchase |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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in flanders fields the poppies grow, between the crosses row on row, that mark our place. and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing fly, scarce heard above the guns below. we are the dead. short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in flanders fields. take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high. if ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep though poppies grow in flanders fields. lest we forget |
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By *iew OP Man
over a year ago
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"in flanders fields the poppies grow, between the crosses row on row, that mark our place. and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing fly, scarce heard above the guns below. we are the dead. short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and were loved, and now we lie in flanders fields. take up our quarrel with the foe, to you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high. if ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep though poppies grow in flanders fields. lest we forget"
beautiful words AAsex xx
lest we forget xx
and to the families who have lost someone... 'one day you will all meet again,till then.... there is no better place to keep your memories than your HEART' xxx |
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By *acreadCouple
over a year ago
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I always remember when I was very young an old guy shuffling around in one of the houses we visited now and again.
I found out yrs later it was my grans brother who had done a cpl yrs in the trenches in WW1 until he was machine gunned, he survived but was badly injured.
He was already dead when I found out the story and I said to my father I would have loved to have heard some stories from him and my father said you would have heard nothing as he refused to say one word about it and never had done.
No one can tell what they went thrrough. |
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